The Fair Day Mine is a mine located in Boulder county, Colorado.
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Mine Info
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Fair Day Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fair Day Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Boulder
District: Jamestown Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Type: Private Lease
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Busby, R. L.
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Autunite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Marcasite
Unknown: Manganite
Unknown: Hornblende
Unknown: Graphite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Biotite
Unknown: Torbernite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4721, DATED 1958. T A REVIEW REPORT OF WORK DONE UNDER DMEA CONTRACT. THE CLAIMS THE S 1/2 S 1/2 NE 1/4 AND THE SE 1/4 SEC. 23, T. 2 N., R. 7 6TH P.M. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION, CLAIM AND LOGIC MAPS. THE MINE WAS AN EARLY GOLD AND FLUORSPAR PRODUCE THE TIME OF THE REPORT, URANIUM PRODUCTION CONSISTED OF ABOU TONS OF .6% U308 ORE. INFERRED RESERVES WERE 4000 TONS OF .7 ORE DEPOSITS ARE LOCALIZED WHERE SHEAR ZONES TRANSECT XENOLI LIKE BODIES OF GNEISS AND SCHIST IN THE GRANITE COUNTRY ROCK RESULT OF DMEA EXPLORATION, THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED THAT E TION HAD NOT RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF SIGNIFICANT URANIU POSITS AND CONCLUDED FURTHER EXPLORATION ASSISTANCE BE DENIE
References
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